The ROGerKimLee Festival will take place this weekend from Friday to Sunday.
The festival honours a few friends of festival director Derrick McCandless, who all passed away during the COVID pandemic. They are Roger Young, Tim Russell, and Lee Oreniuk. A trio of Manitobans who were very much involved in music and lots more. Read more about each of them, here.
"So we couldn't do anything for them the first year, because of COVID, but we did have a get together at our place here in Eriksdale. We had about 50 people, it was raining, it was absolutely miserable, but from that weekend we decided you know what? Let's just have a festival."
Upon the success of that festival, McCandless and others involved decided to keep it going as an annual event.
The music lineup for the weekend includes a variety of music from musicians and bands including Frannie Klein, The Solutions, DMac & The Handsome Wanderers, and more. Make sure to take in the annual open jam on Friday night in which musicians will be paired or grouped together and have to come up with a song.
The weekend will also feature beer gardens, a maker's market, a show n' shine, kids activities and more.
You can buy tickets to the festival on their website, rogerkimleemusicfest.com. You can also camp there if you would like.
Organizers are also already planning for great things for next year's festival as well.
